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Economic Survey of Australia 2006: The need for further reforms to infrastructure services

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31-Jul-2006

Additional measures are needed to improve the efficiency of infrastructure services in essential areas such as electricity, water, road and rail transport.

Economic Survey of Australia 2006: Fiscal relations across levels of government

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31-Jul-2006

The scope for clarifying government responsibilities, improving spending assignments, simplifying inter-governmental transfers and increasing the revenue-raising capacity of the states is assessed.

Economic Survey of Australia 2006: Long-term structural challenges

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31-Jul-2006

Judged in terms of GDP per capita, Australia’s ranking among the OECD countries has steadily improved. The main structural challenges that need to be addressed to sustain this strong performance are assessed.

Economic Survey of Australia 2006: The short-term challenge: riding the commodities rollercoaster

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31-Jul-2006

The major short-term challenge is to maintain macroeconomic stability in the face of a commodities price boom that has boosted the terms of trade by around 30% over the last three years. Recent monetary ...

List of tourism websites (by country)

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05-Jul-2006

List of tourism websites (by country) - useful contacts on the Internet.

CERI - What Works - Australia Country Background Report

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03-Jul-2006

CERI - What Works: Country background report: Addressing the training and assessment needs of adults with low basic skills in Australia, by Josie Misko

Jobs for Immigrants (Vol. 1): Labour Market Integration in Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden

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21-Jun-2006

This publication presents reviews of the labour market integration of immigrants and their children in four OECD countries (Australia, Denmark, Germany and Sweden), and provides country-specific recommendations.

Designing Local Skills Strategies

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20-Jun-2006

Francesca Froy, Sylvain Giguère, Andrea Hofer

Drawing from a wide array of case studies, this book analyses best-practice local strategies for increasing workforce skills. And it also takes a close look at the opportunities and challenges presented by international migration.

Government R&D Funding and Company Behaviour: Measuring Behavioural Additionality

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08-Jun-2006

This publication explores the emerging concept of behavioural additionality (how government funding of business R&D affects the behaviour of firms) and summarises results of a multinational effort to measure it.

APEC Information Security Educational Tool by AOEMA

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07-Jun-2006

This Security Awareness Tool aims to show SMEs how to protect themselves on the Internet. It is a joint project between APEC, the Australian Government and AOEMA.